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That's Ironi
Why is the Turkish edition of Jennifer Government named “Ironi?” Gee Because it’s, like, you know, ironic. Actually no. Not at all. A Turkish speaker tells me it means “iron-y,” as in, having the...
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WTF is "Young Adult"
Is Jennifer Government a young adult novel? Zoe Oh I don’t know, is the MARGARET ALEXANDER EDWARDS ALEX AWARD for young adult novels? It is. That’s the answer to that question. Well, kind of. It is the...
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It’s hard to know what to expect from a President-Elect who’s promised a lot of things he can’t possibly have meant. On the one hand, maybe he did mean them, in which case, dear God. But on the other,...
View ArticleWhat I Meant
Hi, Max! I teach Honors English 9 and 10 at a high school in St. Paul, Minnesota. I’ve been teaching Jennifer Government to my students for three years now, and they love it. I teach it as part of a...
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I got a reply from that high school teacher who asked what Jennifer Government really meant. You can read it here but this is the part I especially liked: I wish you could hear all of my students’...
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My Take on Citizen
A few people have asked for my opinion on the excellent new app/dial-a-vigilante service “Citizen.” I’m qualified to speak on this, because Citizen is a lot like The Police from my novel Jennifer...
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